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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 2029: Relating to the compensation of county officers

Became SF 2437 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

This bill relates to required considerations for determining the salary of county officers. The bill requires a county compensation board to use the statistical mean of certain law enforcement positions for comparison. The bill provides that in determining the average salary of police chiefs employed by cities of similar population to the population of the county, the county compensation board shall use the salaries of city police chiefs employed by cities with a population between one thousand less than and one thousand more than the population of the county.

Sponsors

Sen. Mark S. Lofgren (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 13, 2026

  • Sen. Mark S. Lofgren (R) · mark.lofgren@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D) · herman.quirmbach@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Dave Sires (R) · dave.sires@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Professional Fire Fighters; Iowa State Police Association

In plain words

  1. January 12, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Local Government committee
  2. January 13, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Lofgren, Quirmbach and Sires
  3. January 21, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it
  4. February 23, 2026Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 2437

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/SF2029